Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, February 10 through Sunday, February 16, 2025! There’s a lot going on; find the event that appeals to you…and go!
This list includes both in-person and online events. Note that each item in the list includes:
✅ When the event will take place
✅ What the event is
✅ Where the event will take place
✅ Who is holding the event
This week’s events
- Monday, February 10
- Tuesday, February 11
- Wednesday, February 12
- Thursday, February 13
- Friday, February 14
- Saturday, February 15
- Sunday, February 16
Monday, February 10
Tuesday, February 11
Tuesday evening from 6 – 8 p.m. at Embarc Collective (Tampa): Tampa Bay Product Group presents Sparking Product Leadership, where they’ll explore:
how to transform Product Managers from reactive players into proactive, customer-obsessed leaders. Learn the art of aligning product initiatives with strategic goals, identifying champions who are open to change, and using diplomacy—not politics—to build alliances. Through data, storytelling, and calculated risks, discover how to foster a culture of innovation, achieve quick wins, and balance courage with tact to drive impactful results. Get ready to lead with intention, influence mindsets, and ignite a product-led transformation!
Find out more and register here.
Wednesday, February 12
Wednesday evening from 6 – 7:30 p.m. at Entrepreneur Collaborative Center (Tampa): AI & Data Analytics Tampa’s meetup will feature Kash Mehdi – Vice President of Growth, DataGalaxy, whose presentation will be AI-Ready Data: The Real Game-Changer Isn’t Just AI, It’s Data Literacy…
Organizations today are consuming and producing more data than ever before, thanks to advances in data-related technologies like OpenAI, DeepSeek, and the Internet of Things. According to several market research studies, organizations are doubling or even tripling their data volume each year.
However, rather than just relying on smart AI or large language models, the real foundation for success lies in building data and AI literacy among people and establishing strong data management standards.
While organizations seek AI-ready data to unlock new business opportunities in medicine, science, and research, one of the biggest challenges is that much of the critical knowledge about their assets resides in people’s minds rather than being embedded in language models or available as contextual data for AI.
As we move into 2025, organizations will be presented with significant opportunities through AI, but unresolved challenges in data management remain—especially regarding their most valuable asset: people. Success in this landscape requires fostering data and AI literacy and ensuring that data actors (both producers and consumers) understand how their roles impact each other. Moreover, collaboration at the right time and place is essential to provide valuable business context, ultimately driving success in AI initiatives.
Find out more and register here.
Thursday, February 13
Friday, February 14
Saturday, February 15
Sunday, February 16
About this list
How do I put this list together?
It’s largely automated. I have a collection of Python scripts in a Jupyter Notebook that scrapes Meetup and Eventbrite for events in categories that I consider to be “tech,” “entrepreneur,” and “nerd.” The result is a checklist that I review. I make judgment calls and uncheck any items that I don’t think fit on this list.
In addition to events that my scripts find, I also manually add events when their organizers contact me with their details.
What goes into this list?
I prefer to cast a wide net, so the list includes events that would be of interest to techies, nerds, and entrepreneurs. It includes (but isn’t limited to) events that fall under any of these categories:
- Programming, DevOps, systems administration, and testing
- Tech project management / agile processes
- Video, board, and role-playing games
- Book, philosophy, and discussion clubs
- Tech, business, and entrepreneur networking events
- Toastmasters and other events related to improving your presentation and public speaking skills, because nerds really need to up their presentation game
- Sci-fi, fantasy, and other genre fandoms
- Self-improvement, especially of the sort that appeals to techies
- Anything I deem geeky